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A Gathering of Men

October 16, 1995

National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This black-and-white photograph depicts a section of the crowd at the Million Man March. In the foreground, a man, in profile to the viewer, gazes straight ahead. He wears a jacket and a baseball cap with a small sign on the side that reads "MILLION MAN / CHICAGO / MARCH OCT 16." The two men on either side of hime, both wearing baseball caps and sweatshirts with the hoods up, turn their faces downwards and away from the viewer. In the background is a tall sign with an drawing of a man in a long brown beard and flowing robes, with a rounded rectangular tablet in each hand. Written on either side of him are the words "PEACE and SERENITY."

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Catalog reference: 2013.99.22

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